Popcorn vs baby

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    1. Original story:
      A dehydrated pregnant woman presented refusing to drink any fluid for the last 2 days. Husband is frantic offering every possible beverage under the sun!

      The patient adamantly refuses. She is willing to get IV fluid because it will go in her vein and doesn’t risk crushing the baby… puzzled looks by me. Husband is still freaking out. Turns out she had a huge craving for popcorn 2 nights ago and ate 2 bags of microwave popcorn. However, she remembered from her grade school science teacher that popcorn will swell if you add fluid to it. So she ran to the kitchen and poured water over some popcorn and watched in horror that it swelled up. The patient is CONVINCED that if she drinks any fluid the popcorn will swell up and crush her baby…

      During the visit I had to resist putting my palm to my face and I smiled politely while explaining how the body works. She didn’t get it. I had to actually draw stick people with bubble bellies to explain where food is and where the uterus is!!! It took me, another nurse, and a doctor to convince her the baby would not be crushed and she needed to drink some fluid!!!
      – Springfield, MO

    2. as crazy as she sounds, that's the kind of thing my OCD would make me believe. mental health during and after pregnancy isn't given as much attention as it should be, a lot of "crazy moms" can be women experiencing more intense mental issues or even first time mental issues. still good to explain how anatomy works, but i can promise ocd doesn't care about what's actually possible.

    3. Comment on peut laisser ce genre de personnes avoir un bébé… pardon mais même avec des explications claires c’est pas possible d’avoir ce niveau d’ignorance

    4. I mean, to be fair, the baby is taking up a lot of space on her midsection, I can understand the concern. And it's better for her to be safe than sorry. obviously she should not have waited two days, but it's better than her slamming a pack of cigarettes and a bottle of wine because it goes to her lungs and liver and not her uterus.

    5. she does know that food doesn't just sit in the stomach after you eat it…right? Like even if she hasn't excreted it yet, it's well into intestines and no longer popcorn

    6. The govt all over the world should make a new law and parental license demanding all parents to have at least a standard or bare minimum IQ if they want to have kids

    7. THIS HOWEVER DOES APPLY TO CHIA SEEDS. YOU CAN GET A BLOCKED BOWEL SO BE CAREFUL. dont eat an entire cup of chia please. it won't hurt your baby though but it will hurt you.

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